Caption

Felicia Dorothea Hemans (1793-1835), English poet. Today best known for her poem Casabianca (The boy stood on the burning deck from which all but he had fled) . At the Battle of the Nile (1798), Giocante, the 12-year-old son of Luce Julien Joseph Casabianca, remained at his post on the deck of his father's burning ship, the L'Orient, the French flagship. He died when the fire reached the camp and the ship exploded. Copperplate engraving, 1836, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Date

Aug 02, 2024

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Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

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BRK24E47_207

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Royalty free

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44,6Mb (2,4Mb) / 13,0in x 13,3in / 3898 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

1900s 19th century Africa Asteracea Asteraceae Astereae Asteroideae British Compositae Egypt Felicia Felicia (genus) Historic illustration Historical illustration Human being Illustrierte Insect Insecta Lyric poetry Nile No People North Africa North African Northern Africa Orient People Revolutionary War Siphonaptera animal battle black boat body of water booth boy burn cadaver carcass colouring contemporary copper engraving copy dad date dead dead animal death deceased depiction deserted died digital drawing drawn empty english engraved image engraving family father fire flame flea former french guy historic historical history illustration information journal journalism lighted literature logistics magazine male man media message nature news newspaper nineteenth century no one nobody open air periodical person plant poem poetess post press reconstruction refurbishment replica replication representation reproduction restoration restoration work restored revolution river ship sketch son stall stand transport transportation uninhabited vessel vintage war warfare water waterfront woman poet woodcut woodprint xylograph